Researcher

Dr Jonathan Lionel Fox

My Expertise

Urban microclimates; urban heat mitigation; climate-sensitive design; sustainable development

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Architecture, Architectural design, Architectural engineering

Biography

Lecturer in the School of Built Environment, Faculty of Arts Design and Architecture, involved in research and teaching. PhD in architecture and urban microclimates. 


My Grants

Grant activity includes:

  • 2023 BE Research Acceleration Fellowship
  • 2022 ADA Seed Funding Grant award for competitive ARC Linkage grant development 
  • CRC Low Carbon Living: Guide to urban cooling strategies (UNSW RG162627, 2016)
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Lecturer in the School of Built Environment, Faculty of Arts Design and Architecture, involved in research and teaching. PhD in architecture and urban microclimates. 


My Grants

Grant activity includes:

  • 2023 BE Research Acceleration Fellowship
  • 2022 ADA Seed Funding Grant award for competitive ARC Linkage grant development 
  • CRC Low Carbon Living: Guide to urban cooling strategies (UNSW RG162627, 2016)
  • internal infrastructure (equipment) grant (UNSW Faculty of BE, 2015)

My Qualifications

  • PhD (UNSW), Master of Sustainability (USyd), BArch (WITS), BAS (WITS), BSc (Eng)(UCT)

My Research Activities

PhD in architecture and urban microclimate research with a focus on the effects of facade design on facade surface temperature and outdoor microclimate. Interest in transdisciplinarity and knowledge transfer between science and design. Current research on pedestrian outdoor thermal comfort, the effects of facade design on outdoor microclimate and the application of thermal judgement in architectural design.


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

Urban microclimates. Spatial and non-spatial (OLS) statistics. Urban micrometeorological observational studies. Outdoor thermal comfort. Sustainability and the built environment. Transdisciplinarity


Currently supervising

K. Daniel Yu (2022 commencement): "Computationally assessing, optimising and designing-out heat for the urban environment". Joint supervisory role.

Yuda Wibawa (2022 commencement): "Effects of building shading on pedestrian outdoor thermal comfort". Secondary supervisory role.

 


My Engagement

2018-2023

Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), member of Resilience Expert Reference Panel (ERP).

2019

Panel member, Sustainable Suburbs: Designing Thermal Comfort, NSW Museum of Applied Art and Science (MAAS) event, 10 March 2019.

2018

ABC New Radio, Western Sydney’s urban heat island, podcast and web article, 1 March 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-signal/why-are-australian-cities-getting-so-hot/9494774

2017

Heat Mitigation project, Darwin, Northern Territory: Heat mitigation program: Darwin, Northern Territory (apo.org.au)

Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 10th and Saturday 11th February 2017, on-line and print article, on microclimate, thermal comfort and urban heat. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydney-weather-how-urbanisation-creates-hot-microclimates-in-our-suburbs-20170209-gu9b02.html

2016 and earlier

The Conversation, 21 April 2016, “Building cool cities for a cool future”, on microclimate and urban heat mitigation. Co-author. https://theconversation.com/building-cool-cities-for-a-hot-future-57489

Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st November 2015, video and print article, on microclimate, thermal comfort and urban heat. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/blowing-hot-or-cool-depends-on-where-youre-at-says-urban-microclimate-expert-20151120-gl3xa0.html

 


My Teaching

2021 and 2022 education roles:

  • ARCH1361 - Architecture and Building Environment 2: course co-convenor and lecturer (thermal comfort)
  • ARCH7112 - Integrated Design Studio 1 (MArch, first year, term 2): course design, convenor and studio master
  • ARCH7113 - Integrated Design Studio 2 (MArch, first year, term 3): course design, convenor and studio master

2019 education roles:

  • BEIL6009 - Integrated Building Design (Sydney Opera House case study): course design, convenor and lecturer
  • ARCH1361 - Architecture and Building Environment 2: course co-convenor and lecturer (thermal comfort)
  • ARCH 7112 - Integrated Design Studio (Masters of Architecture, Year 1): course designer, convenor and studio Master

2018 education roles:

  • ARCH1361 - Architecture and Building Environment 2: course co-convenor and lecturer (thermal comfort)
  • ARCH7202 - Major Design Studio: course convenor
  • ARCH7219 - Graduation Exhibition: course convenor

 

 

 

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Location

Anita B. Lawrence Centre (West Wing)

Contact

by email only